SLEW


Meaning of SLEW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ slu: ]

( slews, slewing, slewed)

1.

Slew is the past tense of slay .

2.

If a vehicle slews or is slewed across a road, it slides across it.

The bus slewed sideways...

He slewed the car against the side of the building.

VERB : V adv / prep , V n prep / adv

3.

A slew of things is a large number of them. ( mainly AM )

There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents...

N-COUNT : usu sing , usu N of n

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